All but one of the 12 TSX subgroups were higher to start fresh in a new week, as materials and gold each jumped 1.8%, while consumer discretionary stocks proved 1.7% stronger.

Only health-care missed the party, descending 0.2%.

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U.S. stocks rose sharply on Monday as the major indexes rebounded from their worst weekly performances in two years.

The Dow Jones industrial average went higher 118.55 points to close the week at 24,309.45. Cisco Systems and Apple were the best-performing stocks in the Dow, advancing 2.7% and 2%, respectively.

The S&P 500 gained 3.97 points to 2,623.52, with energy and materials as the best-performing sectors. Utilities and real estate were the only sectors trading lower as interest rates climbed higher.

The NASDAQ gained 6.08 points to 6,880.57

Earnings are expected Monday out of Loews Corporation and Dun & Bradstreet

The Dow and S&P 500 both pulled back 5.2% last week, notching their worst weekly declines since January 2016. The NASDAQ composite, meanwhile, dropped 5.1%, marking its biggest one-week pullback since February 2016. The indexes also dipped into correction territory.